It's Raining Threads and Yarns!!!

Yes, it is!  Please, read on...

When I enrolled in Dreams for crochet lessons, I met there Arlene, who came to know about Dreams through this blog.  She enrolled in Hardanger lessons and we became stitching buddies.  She told me about a store where they sell yarns and threads by the kilo.  One kilo of cotton thread costs P170 (around US $4.00) and one kilo of yarn is P270 (more or less US $6.00) So, addicted as we are, we went there.  Let the photos do the talking:

Yarn and Thread Store in Rosario, Pasig

Outside the store, you'll never know how much yarns and threads inside

 

I ended up buying 6 kilos of threads, but I will show the photos in another entry soon.

Now, onto my crochet lessons in Dreams.  Do you know that it's very hard for me to concentrate on my lessons there as these are all around me:

Yarns and threads in Dreams Yarnshoppe

Because of these, I am always telling my teacher that I need to rest my eyes for awhile, but in truth, I will stand up and stretch and then . . . touch these beauties and think what I will buy before I leave the store.  Sick?  Yes, I am.  And I need my thread medicine!!!

Have a nice week everyone!  And to all of you, thank you very much for reading my blog.  And big, big thank you to those of you who leave comments as well as to my followers.  They mean so much to me and you're my inspiration in my updates here.

Hugs to you all :-)

Some Flowers In Bloom, More Threads and Morning Lake Update

Almost finally, all the crosses in Morning Lake are now finished.  Now, have to do the backstitching.  Oops, I did again!!!  I know, I know, you must be saying "there you go again Toni, leaving the backstitching til the end".

Some time ago, I posted in some of the forums asking fellow cross stitchers for tips and techniques on how to make backstitching easier on my life.  And almost everyone said that I should do it as I go along.  But I really dreaded that stitch, so here I am again, leaving it til the end.

Crochet-wise, here are some more flowers.  I'm thinking of making it into a shawl instead of scarf.

On white background (sorry for the wrinkled towel)

On black background

Now, I have to stop adding more flowers on it for the meantime because I have to do these, also into a shawl, as a gift for my sister:

They are the same flower pattern except I change the color motif and used the threads above.

After I finished my multicolored shawl and my sister's, I will also make one for my mother with this color combination/threads:

And then when I finished all the shawls, I don't know what my next project will be, but I already bought these threads (all the threads I posted here are Canon made by Coats).  I'm crazy I know, but I'm happy so it's okay :D

By the way, while browsing for more threads, I saw and bought these Boye hooks at a steal...all 7 pieces at P100 (US$2.25), and if you will look around the net, one Boye steel crochet hook costs $1.99.  These are the old Boye hooks and I've read somewhere that it's better than the new ones.  I just can't remember the difference.  I am not sure how old these hooks are but they are in good condition.  You can also see in the box that they were made by Boye Needle Company, whereas today, their new hooks are now being made by Wrights.

It's really very dangerous to my wallet having the needlecraft stores so near our place.  They are just a five-minute, or less, drive from our home.  Good or bad?  You decide...  But for me, it's good, good, good!  Indeed, very good!!!  :D :D :D